Benefits
How to claim benefits, who to contact if you need help and where to get further advice.
Making a benefit claim
All pages relating to making a benefit claim
Changes you need to tell us about if you claim benefits
You need to keep us up to date about changes to your income, rent, the people living with you and other things that affect the benefits you get
Paying Housing Benefit straight to your landlord
If you have health, debt or other problems that make it difficult for you to pay rent to your landlord, you can ask us to pay your Housing Benefit straight to them
How people living with you can affect your benefits
Let us know if there are people living with you, as this may change the amount of benefit you get.
Proof you need to provide to support your benefit claim
Find out which proofs we need to see when you make a new benefit claim, or make changes to your benefit claim
Download forms for benefit claims
If you don't want to complete a benefits form online, you can download and print a paper form instead.